U.S. patent number 8,876,541 [Application Number 13/964,546] was granted by the patent office on 2014-11-04 for power plug.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Well Shin Technology Co., Ltd.. The grantee listed for this patent is Well Shin Technnolgy Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Jui Hsiung Wu.
United States Patent |
8,876,541 |
Wu |
November 4, 2014 |
Power plug
Abstract
A power plug includes an insulating housing in which a receiving
barrel is crossed, top and bottom covers covering top and bottom
ends of the receiving barrel, a sliding strip slidably located
between the top and bottom covers with serrated sliding teeth
protruding on two opposite sides thereof, two rotating axles
located at two sides of the sliding strip with rotating teeth
protruding on two relative insides thereof and meshed with the
sliding teeth, two plug pins vertically integrated in the rotating
axles and a rotating ring sheathing outside the receiving barrel
with two pushing blocks protruding at an inside wall thereof. The
pushing blocks project into the receiving barrel and are against
two ends of the sliding strip to push the sliding strip to slide by
rotating the rotating ring so as to drive the rotating axles
together with the plug pins to rotate relatively.
Inventors: |
Wu; Jui Hsiung (Taipei,
TW) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Well Shin Technnolgy Co., Ltd. |
Taipei |
N/A |
TW |
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Assignee: |
Well Shin Technology Co., Ltd.
(Taipei, TW)
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Family
ID: |
51798118 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/964,546 |
Filed: |
August 12, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
439/173 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H01R
27/00 (20130101); H01R 24/68 (20130101); H01R
2103/00 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
H01R
29/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;439/173-176 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Hammond; Briggitte R
Attorney, Agent or Firm: WPAT, P.C. King; Anthony
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A power plug, comprising: an insulating housing having a top
plate in which a receiving barrel is vertically crossed, a top edge
of the receiving barrel protruding upward to form a blocking wall;
a top cover covering a top end of the receiving barrel of the
insulating housing, a substantial middle of a bottom face of the
top cover being concaved upward to form an elongated top fillister;
a bottom cover covering a bottom end of the receiving barrel of the
insulating housing, a substantial middle of a top face of the
bottom cover protruding upward to form a supporting wall, a top
face of the supporting wall being concaved downward to form an
elongated bottom fillister apart facing the top fillister; a
sliding strip of which top and bottom faces protrude upward and
downward to form a pair of guide rails, the guide rails being
slidably inserted in the top fillister and the bottom fillister to
make the sliding strip levelly slidable between the top cover and
the bottom cover, two opposite sides of the sliding strip
oppositely protruding outward to form serrated sliding teeth; a
pair of rotating axles each having a rotating portion, the rotating
portions being rotatably restrained between the top cover and the
bottom cover and located at two sides of the sliding strip,
relative insides of the rotating portions protruding face-to-face
to form rotating teeth meshed with the sliding teeth of the sliding
strip; a pair of plug pins vertically integrated in the rotating
axles respectively and projecting outward through the top cover;
and a rotating ring rotatably sheathing outside the receiving
barrel and located above the top plate of the insulating housing,
an inside wall of the rotating ring protruding inward to form a
pair of pushing blocks projecting into the receiving barrel and
located at two ends of the blocking wall, two sidewalls of the
pushing blocks away from the two ends of the blocking wall being
designed as arc shape and designated as pushing sidewalls; wherein
the pushing sidewalls can be against two ends of the sliding strip
to push the sliding strip to slide forward and rearward in the
process of rotating the rotating ring clockwise and
counterclockwise until the pushing blocks are blocked by the
blocking wall, the slide of the sliding strip drives the rotating
axles to rotate and further drives the plug pins to rotate to an
eight-shape state and a parallel state.
2. The power plug as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top cover
defines a pair of fixing holes located at two sides of the top
fillister, a periphery of each fixing hole protrudes downward to
form a fixing barrel of which a gap is opened at a part near to the
top fillister, the bottom cover defines a pair of through holes
located at two sides of the supporting wall, a periphery of each
through hole protrudes upward to form an accepting barrel of which
a top edge extends inward to form a platform, a top of the rotating
portion protrudes upward to form a fastening portion which is
smaller than the rotating portion in diameter and inserted in the
fixing hole, the rotating portion of the rotating axle is held in
the fixing barrel and propped on the platform with a bottom end of
the plug pin stretching in the accepting barrel, the rotating teeth
project outward through the gap of the fixing barrel.
3. The power plug as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bottom face of
the top cover protrudes downward to form a pair of blocking plates
located at two sides of the top fillister to restrain the sliding
strip therebetween.
4. The power plug as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inside wall of
the receiving barrel protrudes inward to form a locating block, a
bottom face of the locating block is concaved upward to form a
receiving groove further spread outward to the top plate, the
receiving groove includes a locating groove opened in the locating
block and a sliding slot penetrating outward through the receiving
barrel to extend in the top plate, the sliding slot further
vertically penetrates through the top plate to be exposed outward,
the inside wall of the rotating ring protrudes inward to form
braking teeth arranged round the inner periphery of the rotating
ring and located under the pushing blocks, the power plug further
includes a braking apparatus assembled in the receiving groove, the
braking apparatus includes a braking block and a spring, the
braking block has a locating portion slidably located in the
locating groove and a braking portion extending outward from one
side of the locating portion to be slidably inserted in the sliding
slot, the spring is flexibly clamped between the locating portion
and an inside wall of the locating groove and located opposite to
the braking portion, the braking portion further projects beyond a
top face of the top plate to engage with the braking teeth of the
rotating ring.
5. The power plug as claimed in claim 4, wherein another side of
the locating portion of the braking block opposite to the braking
portion defines a positioning groove, one end of the spring is
positioned in the positioning groove.
6. The power plug as claimed in claim 4, wherein a bottom edge of
the receiving barrel protrudes downward to form a plurality of
fixing wedges, a substantial periphery of the top face of the
bottom cover is concaved downward to form a fastening groove
corresponding to the bottom edge of the receiving barrel, a bottom
end of the receiving barrel is embedded in the fastening groove of
the bottom cover and the fixing wedges are butted fusion with a
bottom wall of the fastening groove by ultrasound technology.
7. The power plug as claimed in claim 6, wherein the fastening
groove is closed at the position corresponding to the locating
block.
8. The power plug as claimed in claim 6, wherein a pair of
positioning pillars is protruded downward at a bottom face of the
top plate and connecting with the receiving barrel, a pair of
positioning holes corresponding to the positioning pillars of the
insulating housing is opened in the fastening groove of the bottom
cover, the positioning pillars of the insulating housing are
inserted in the positioning holes of the bottom cover.
9. The power plug as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top edge of
the receiving barrel further protrudes upward to form a fastening
wall apart from the blocking wall, the pushing blocks of the
rotating ring are movably located between the blocking wall and the
fastening wall respectively, top faces of the fastening wall and
the blocking wall each is concaved downward to form a fastening
fillister, the bottom face of the top cover protrudes downward to
form a first locking wall and a second locking wall near to the
periphery edge of the top cover and corresponding to the fastening
wall and the blocking wall of the insulating housing, bottom faces
of the first and second locking walls further protrude downward to
form a plurality of projections, the first and second locking walls
are buckled in the fastening fillisters of the fastening wall and
the blocking wall and the projections are butted fusion with bottom
walls of the fastening fillisters by ultrasound technology.
10. The power plug as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of
slots is concaved inward in an outside periphery of the rotating
ring and arranged at regular intervals along the periphery of the
rotating ring, each slot penetrates vertically through the outside
periphery of the rotating ring in generatrix direction.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a plug, and more particularly to a
power plug.
2. The Related Art
With the progress of society, various kinds of electrical
equipments have become an indispensable tool in people's daily
life. Power converter as an electrical equipment, such as adapter
of notebook and chargers of mobile phone and digital camera, is
more and more widely used. The main function of the power converter
is to convert AC (Alternating Current) to DC (Direct Current) to be
used in DC equipments.
The power converter electrically connects with a wall socket
through a plug which is used to insert in the wall socket. However,
the plug of the power converter generally only applies to a kind of
wall socket. But the wall sockets in different countries often have
different standards. In order to use the power converter in
different countries, many different types of extra adapters
matching with the different standards of the wall sockets
respectively need be used to firstly insert the plug of the power
converter in the adapters, and then the corresponding adapters are
inserted in the wall sockets to realize electrical connection
between the power converter and the different wall sockets. It is
quite inconvenient for user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a
power plug. The power plug includes an insulating housing, a top
cover, a bottom cover, a pair of rotating axles, a pair of plug
pins, a sliding strip and a rotating ring. The insulating housing
has a top plate in which a receiving barrel is vertically crossed.
A top edge of the receiving barrel protrudes upward to form a
blocking wall. The top cover covers a top end of the receiving
barrel of the insulating housing. A substantial middle of a bottom
face of the top cover is concaved upward to form an elongated top
fillister. The bottom cover covers a bottom end of the receiving
barrel of the insulating housing. A substantial middle of a top
face of the bottom cover protrudes upward to form a supporting
wall. A top face of the supporting wall is concaved downward to
form an elongated bottom fillister apart facing the top fillister.
Top and bottom faces of the sliding strip protrude upward and
downward to form a pair of guide rails. The guide rails are
slidably inserted in the top fillister and the bottom fillister to
make the sliding strip levelly slidable between the top cover and
the bottom cover. Two opposite sides of the sliding strip
oppositely protrude outward to form serrated sliding teeth. Each of
the rotating axles has a rotating portion. The rotating portions
are rotatably restrained between the top cover and the bottom cover
and located at two sides of the sliding strip. Relative insides of
the rotating portions protrude face-to-face to form rotating teeth
meshed with the sliding teeth of the sliding strip. The plug pins
are vertically integrated in the rotating axles respectively and
project outward through the top cover. The rotating ring rotatably
sheathes outside the receiving barrel and is located above the top
plate of the insulating housing. An inside wall of the rotating
ring protrudes inward to form a pair of pushing blocks projecting
into the receiving barrel and located at two ends of the blocking
wall. Two sidewalls of the pushing blocks away from the two ends of
the blocking wall are designed as arc shape and designated as
pushing sidewalls. The pushing sidewalls can be against two ends of
the sliding strip to push the sliding strip to slide forward and
rearward in the process of rotating the rotating ring clockwise and
counterclockwise until the pushing blocks are blocked by the
blocking wall. The slide of the sliding strip drives the rotating
axles to rotate and further drives the plug pins to rotate to an
eight-shape state and a parallel state.
As described above, the power plug of the embodiment of the present
invention can conveniently realize a convert between standard of
America and standard of Australia by rotating the rotating ring to
push the sliding strip to slide and then drive the rotating axles
and the plug pins to rotate relatively.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art
by reading the following description thereof, with reference to the
attached drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is an assembled, perspective view of a power plug in
accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded, perspective view of the power plug shown in
FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an insulating housing of the power
plug shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a top cover of the power plug shown
in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an upward view of the power plug of FIG. 1, wherein a
bottom cover is removed from the power plug; and
FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show plug pins of the power plug are at two kinds
of working states.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT
Referring to the drawings in greater detail, and first to FIG. 1
and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention is embodied in a
power plug 100. The power plug 100 includes an insulating housing
10, a top cover 20, a bottom cover 30, a pair of rotating axles 40,
a pair of plug pins 50, a sliding strip 60, a rotating ring 70 and
a braking apparatus 80.
With reference to FIGS. 2 to 5, the insulating housing 10 has a
rectangle top plate 11 in which a receiving barrel 14 is vertically
crossed, and a plurality of side plates 12 protruded downward from
the edges of the top plate 11 and connected with one another. A
pair of positioning pillars 13 is protruded downward at a bottom
face of the top plate 11 and connects with the receiving barrel 14.
A top edge of the receiving barrel 14 protrudes upward to form a
blocking wall 142 and a fastening wall 141 apart from the blocking
wall 142. The top faces of the fastening wall 141 and the blocking
wall 142 each is concaved downward to form a fastening fillister
143. A bottom edge of the receiving barrel 14 protrudes downward to
form a plurality of fixing wedges 144. An inside wall of the
receiving barrel 14 protrudes inward to form a locating block 15. A
bottom face of the locating block 15 is concaved upward to form a
receiving groove 16 further spread outward to the top plate 11. The
receiving groove 16 includes a locating groove 161 opened in the
locating block 15 and a sliding slot 162 penetrating outward
through the receiving barrel 14 to extend in the top plate 11. The
sliding slot 162 further vertically penetrates through the top
plate 11 to be exposed outward.
The top cover 20 covers a top end of the receiving barrel 14 of the
insulating housing 10. A substantial middle of a bottom face of the
top cover 20 is concaved upward to form an elongated top fillister
21. The top cover 20 defines a pair of fixing holes 22 located at
two sides of the top fillister 21. A periphery of each fixing hole
22 protrudes downward to form a fixing barrel 23 of which a gap 24
is opened at a part near to the top fillister 21. The bottom face
of the top cover 20 protrudes downward to form a pair of blocking
plates 25 located at two sides of the top fillister 21 to restrain
the sliding strip 60 therebetween. The bottom face of the top cover
20 further protrudes downward to form a first locking wall 261 and
a second locking wall 262 near to the periphery edge of the top
cover 20 and corresponding to the fastening wall 141 and the
blocking wall 142 of the insulating housing 10. The bottom faces of
the first locking wall 261 and the second locking wall 262 further
protrude downward to form a plurality of projections 263. The first
locking wall 261 and the second locking wall 262 are buckled in the
fastening fillisters 143 of the fastening wall 141 and the blocking
wall 142 and the projections 263 are butted fusion with bottom
walls of the fastening fillisters 143 by ultrasound technology.
The bottom cover 30 covers a bottom end of the receiving barrel 14
of the insulating housing 10. A substantial middle of a top face of
the bottom cover 30 protrudes upward to form a supporting wall 31.
A top face of the supporting wall 31 is concaved downward to form
an elongated bottom fillister 311 apart facing the top fillister
21. The bottom cover 30 defines a pair of through holes 32 located
at two sides of the supporting wall 31. A periphery of each through
hole 32 protrudes upward to form an accepting barrel 33 of which a
top edge extends inward to form a platform 34. A substantial
periphery of the top face of the bottom cover 30 is concaved
downward to form a fastening groove 35 corresponding to the bottom
edge of the receiving barrel 14. The fastening groove 35 is closed
at the position corresponding to the locating block 15. A pair of
positioning holes 36 corresponding to the positioning pillars 13 of
the insulating housing 10 is opened in the fastening groove 35 of
the bottom cover 30. The positioning pillars 13 of the insulating
housing 10 are inserted in the positioning holes 36 of the bottom
cover 30. A bottom end of the receiving barrel 14 is embedded in
the fastening groove 35 of the bottom cover 30. The fixing wedges
144 of the receiving barrel 14 of the insulating housing 10 are
butted fusion with a bottom wall of the fastening groove 35 by
ultrasound technology.
Top and bottom faces of the sliding strip 60 protrude upward and
downward to form a pair of guide rails 61. The guide rails 61 are
slidably inserted in the top fillister 21 and the bottom fillister
311 to make the sliding strip 60 levelly slidable between the top
cover 20 and the bottom cover 30. Two opposite sides of the sliding
strip 60 oppositely protrude outward to form serrated sliding teeth
62.
The rotating axles 40 each has a rotating portion 41. The rotating
portions 41 are rotatably restrained between the top cover 20 and
the bottom cover 30 and located at two sides of the sliding strip
60. A top of the rotating portion 41 protrudes upward to form a
fastening portion 42 which is smaller than the rotating portion 41
in diameter and inserted in the fixing hole 22. The rotating
portion 41 of the rotating axle 40 is held in the fixing barrel 23
and propped on the platform 34. Relative insides of the rotating
portions 41 protrude face-to-face to form rotating teeth 43
projecting outward through the gaps 24 of the corresponding fixing
barrels 23 to be meshed with the sliding teeth 62 of the sliding
strip 60.
The plug pins 50 are vertically integrated in the rotating axles 40
respectively and project outward through the fixing holes 22 of the
top cover 20. Bottom ends of the plug pins 50 stretch in the
accepting barrels 33 of the bottom cover 30 respectively.
The rotating ring 70 rotatably sheathes outside the receiving
barrel 14 and is located above the top plate 11 of the insulating
housing 10. A plurality of slots 71 are concaved inward in an
outside periphery of the rotating ring 70 and arranged at regular
intervals along the periphery of the rotating ring 70. Each slot 71
penetrates vertically through the outside periphery of the rotating
ring 70 in generatrix direction. An inside wall of the rotating
ring 70 protrudes inward to form a pair of pushing blocks 72
projecting into the receiving barrel 14 and located at two ends of
the blocking wall 142. In this embodiment, the pushing blocks 72 of
the rotating ring 70 are movably located between the blocking wall
142 and the fastening wall 141 respectively. Two sidewalls of the
pushing blocks 72 away from the two ends of the blocking wall 142
are designed as arc shape and designated as pushing sidewalls 721.
The inside wall of the rotating ring 70 further protrudes inward to
form braking teeth 73 arranged round the inner periphery of the
rotating ring 70 and located under the pushing blocks 72.
The braking apparatus 80 is assembled in the receiving groove 16 of
the locating block 15 of the insulating housing 10. The braking
apparatus 80 includes a braking block 81 and a spring 82. The
braking block 81 has a locating portion 811 slidably located in the
locating groove 161 and a braking portion 812 extending outward
from one side of the locating portion 811 to be slidably inserted
in the sliding slot 162. The spring 82 is flexibly clamped between
the locating portion 811 and an inside wall of the locating groove
161 and located opposite to the braking portion 812. The braking
portion 812 further projects beyond a top face of the top plate 11
to engage with the braking teeth 73 of the rotating ring 70.
Another side of the locating portion 811 of the braking block 81
opposite to the braking portion 812 defines a positioning groove
813. One end of the spring 32 is positioned in the positioning
groove 813.
Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, in use, the pushing sidewalls 721
of the pushing blocks 72 of the rotating ring 70 can be against two
ends of the sliding strip 60 to push the sliding strip 60 to slide
forward and rearward in the process of rotating the rotating ring
70 clockwise and counterclockwise until the pushing blocks 72 are
blocked by the blocking wall 142. The slide of the sliding strip 60
drives the rotating axles 40 to rotate and further drives the plug
pins 50 to rotate to an eight-shape state and a parallel state.
In detail, when the rotating ring 70 is rotated clockwise, the
pushing sidewall 721 of one pushing block 72 is against a rear end
of the sliding strip 60 to push the sliding strip 60 to slide
forward. The slide of the sliding strip 60 drives the rotating
axles 40 to relatively rotate outward by virtue of the engagement
of the sliding teeth 62 and the rotating teeth 43. The rotation of
the rotating axles 40 further drives the plug pins 50 to relatively
rotate outward to gradually show the eight-shape. Until the other
pushing block 72 resists against the blocking wall 142, the
rotating ring 70 stops rotating. At this time, the plug pins 50 are
at the eight-shape state. The braking portion 812 of the braking
block 81 is meshed in the braking teeth 73 to avoid the rotating
ring 70 automatically rotating so as to keep the eight-shape state
steady.
In the same way, when the rotating ring 70 is rotated
counterclockwise, the pushing sidewall 721 of the other pushing
block 72 is against a front end of the sliding strip 60 to push the
sliding strip 60 to slide rearward. The slide of the sliding strip
60 drives the rotating axles 40 to relatively rotate inward by
virtue of the engagement of the sliding teeth 62 and the rotating
teeth 43. The rotation of the rotating axles 40 further drives the
plug pins 50 to relatively rotate inward to gradually become
parallel. Until one pushing block 72 resists against the blocking
wall 142, the rotating ring 70 stops rotating. At this time, the
plug pins 50 are at the parallel state. The braking portion 812 of
the braking block 81 is meshed in the braking teeth 73 to avoid the
rotating ring 70 automatically rotating so as to keep the parallel
state steady.
As described above, the power plug 100 of the embodiment of the
present invention can conveniently realize a convert between
standard of America and standard of Australia by rotating the
rotating ring 70 to push the sliding strip 60 to slide and then
drive the rotating axles 40 and the plug pins 50 to rotate
relatively.
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